Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Kaggle, the nearly ten year old startup that hosts competitions for data science aficionados, is hosting a competition with a $1 million purse to improve the classification of potentially cancerous lesions in the lungs. The funds are being provided by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and Booz Allen Hamilton as part of the 2017 Data Science Bowl. This isn’t the first time that major… Read More... →

ZergNet pitches itself as a higher quality alternative to content recommendation widgets like Taboola and Outbrain. Now co-founder and CEO Reggie Renner is planning to become a bigger source of revenue for ZergNet publishers with the launch of what itthe company calling its Content-Only Monetization Platform. Before this launch, ZergNet’s main selling point to publishers was helping… Read More... →

Layoffs and an office auction sparked rumors that home rental startup Radpad was on its deathbed last year. After raising over $12 million in funding, hefty legal fees from a “data scraping” lawsuit with Craigslist had put the LA-based startup nearly out of business. But TechCrunch has learned that RadPad has found itself a new home. Dallas-based LandLord Station has purchased them… Read More... →

The Arizona attorney general is soliciting outside legal counsel to pursue a consumer fraud lawsuit against the beleaguered blood testing startup Theranos, according to a document posted on the state’s procurement website. AZ’s AG has so far declined to comment on any action, but the document contends Theranos may have defrauded customers in the state and the office is now… Read More... →

In his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, retired Marine General James Mattis delivered his testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee. Mattis, Trump’s appointment for secretary of defense, faced no questions about his involvement in Theranos, the embattled biotech startup being sued for fraud by a number of its investors. Mattis did note that he has been living in… Read More... →

Фонд председателя совета директоров холдинга Mail.Ru Group Дмитрия Гришина Grishin Robotics инвестировал в британский стартап Starship Technologies, который занимается производством роботов-курьеров. Об этом сообщает The Wall Street Journal.... →

Each year, the startup community comes together in the name of innovation to celebrate the highlights and accomplishments of the tech community and to poke some fun at ourselves. There is an incredible group of finalists vying for the coveted Crunchies award in eleven award categories. This is TechCrunch’s 10th Annual Crunchies Award Show and attendees are in for a treat. Chelsea… Read More... →

The total U.S. housing market is worth $30 trillion, but the data to value individual properties is still imprecise, according to HouseCanary. The real estate startup thinks it has better analysis and counts believers like Eric Schmidt and Kobe Bryant, who are participating in its $33 million funding round. “We’re probably 25 years behind the stock market in terms of… Read More... →

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A startup that refuels your car wherever it’s parked, Yoshi Inc., has raised $2.1 million in a new round of venture funding to expand its gas delivery service into new towns, and to add different auto-related services to its menu. According to CEO and co-founder Nick Alexander, “Anything you usually need to get done at a gas station or auto shop, we want to bring to you at a… Read More... →

Daimler has led a new $17.2 million funding round in Starship Technologies, a startup created by Skype founders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, the WSJ reports. The round will help UK-based Starship expand its efforts to bring rolling drone deliveries to city sidewalks around the world. Starship’s six-wheeled autonomous delivery bought are essential coolers on wheels, keeping contents hot… Read More... →

On the heels of losses that appear to be growing faster than revenues, and reported acquisition interest from Google, the music streaming service SoundCloud today announced some executive movements. Eric Wahlforss, who co-founded the audio streaming startup with Alexander Ljung, is stepping away from the role of CTO and taking a new position as chief product officer. Meanwhile, SoundCloud… Read More... →

Издание Likes выбрало десять лучших стартапов Уфы 2016 года, среди которых — управляемый рой дронов, приложение для примерки обуви в онлайн-магазине и биометрическая система идентификации личности по сердечному ритму. Редакция vc.ru публикует материал с разрешения авторов.... →

Verifone, FIS and digital payments startup Modo announced a new system that will enable customers to pay for any merchandise they want using only accrued credit/debit loyalty points. The novel part of this system is that consumers can purchase anything they want…not just select merchandise available at e-commerce portals or specific to single brands. Merchants with Verifone credit… Read More... →

If you’re old enough to remember the Concorde, then startup Boom‘s plans to bring supersonic flight back to commercial passenger air travel is huge. Now Boom is one step closer, as it reveals the XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator, a 1/3-scale prototype of its Boom supersonic passenger aircraft, which will be doing its first supersonic test flights later this year. The scale… Read More... →

Betaworks startup studio is today announcing the second in its line of accelerator camps in the form of voicecamp. And no, this won’t make you a better chorus member. Earlier this year, betaworks launched botcamp as a way to better understand and fuel growth of the chatbot space. With today’s announcement, betaworks wants to apply the same model to a new vertical with voicecamp.… Read More... →

So much for more consolidation in the world of on-demand transportation startups. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Karhoo — a failed on-demand offering that aggregated drivers and ride options from hundreds of existing fleets of car services in an Uber-like app — has been brought out of administration. It will be relaunched by Boris Pilichowski and Nicolas Andine as… Read More... →

London fintech startup Curve has always talked a good game when it comes to the bigger picture. That is, helping to converge disparate financial services into a single platform to help you manage your money better. Read More... →

Internet of things news in the wake of CES is a bold move, but Roambee isn’t letting the over-saturation of connected everything (hairbrushes!) get in the way of its mission to take the pain out of asset monitoring for businesses. The startup just closed a $3.1 million strategic investment from  Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments and secured a partnership with the group’s… Read More... →

Posted by George-FreitagThis is it. The full agenda for MozCon Local 2017 and LocalU Advanced Workshop on February 27-28. If you're a brand with a ton of locations or an agency with local clients, you're going to want to come to MozCon Local 2017. We've got an amazing line-up of speakers from some of the top brains in Local Search to help you put together the perfect local marketing strategy and get the most out of local search.Come visit us in Seattle and learn about local search, SEO, citations, reviews, ... →